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What in the world?

It is late October in the N.E. of the USA, the leaves on the trees are still green and yesterday I was in a t-shirt because it was almost 80 degrees…

what in the world is going on with planet Earth?

A friend of mine, fellow farmer & general all-around pioneer of all things green, Raqueeb Bey , got yours truly at Green Graffiti a pass to this year’s Society of Environmental Journalism Conference entitled, RIVERS OF CHANGE, that recently took place in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the course of a week, hundreds of people that are committed to reporting, researching and teaching about the current state of our environment & climate change met to discuss topics surrounding issues including; Water & Air Quality, Fracking, Urban Sustainability, Coal & Fossil Fuels vs. Renewable Energy, Climate Change Denial, the current administration, Environmental Justice & Injustice … & more.

Jenni Monet , a freelance journalist that focuses on Indigenous people around the world. She has been at the front- lines during the fight for clean water @ Standing Rock and opposition against the Dakota Access Pipeline plans.

Leon Briggs, whose native name is Medicine Bow, is of the Seneca/Metis tribe from the Tonowanda Reserve in Basom, New York. He was part of a panel entitled, Environmental Justice: Tribal Nations Take a Stand which discussed environmental & political issues effecting Native American Communities.